Monday, May 11, 2009

My very big week in Sydney is over & I'm happy to be home again. I really struggled with what turned into a very heavy cold, but have managed to survive another annual Sales Meeting. As expected it was a very intense, but also a very happy week. It was such a treat to share the company of my colleagues - working remotely from Head Office has its great advantages, but I miss the regular camaraderie of my workmates.

Even though my Division is the smallest in the Company, we are the tightest, mainly due to the nature of our work. There is no room for egos here, we need to collaborate or die! I looked around the room on Friday & thought how lucky I am to be part of them. They are just gorgeous human beings - warm, respectful, generous, giving & so clever it hurts! How fortunate I am to work (& play) with them. And the icing on the cake was that we scooped the pool at the Awards night - woo-hoo! Now back to the real world & a huge catch-up week at work, ouch.

Sons 4 & 5 spoilt me yesterday with a fantastic Mother's Day brunch here. Arriving with 3 dozen freshly-shucked oysters on ice, yummy home-made ham & cheese croissants & a bottle of my very favourite bubbly, they proceeded to set a surprisingly elegant table with flowers & my best china. A great time was had by all & then my day was made complete when they cleared the table & did the dishes - be still my beating heart!

I have really missed you all & as I'm not working today, I'm looking forward to spending a couple of hours calling in & seeing what's been happening in your lives.

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Sounds like a very successful week. I smiled to read that MOTH's deadly swine flu had turned into merely a bad cold by the time it reached you!!!Glad you got spoilt on Mother's Day. I had breakfast in bed which the kids managed to make themselves. While pretending to be asleep I could hear comments coming from the kitchen like "Look, you've burnt the bacon again...oh well, just turn it over and Mum won't know." and "are you sure you got all the egg shells out?" Gotta love them! Clare x

Millie, congratulations on scooping the pool at the awards! Also glad to hear you had a such a wonderful mothers day. There's nothing like spending time with the family to rejuvenate yourself. Those croissants sounded yummy! Have a great week. Lee :)

Hi Millie - thanks for visiting my blog. Seems like you had a successful week in Sydney apart from the flu/cold. As a sydney-sider myself I have to say you missed the best of the weather which was today... it was glorious... just like spring. Hope you feel better soon.

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